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• Antoinette Mooij, Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Alijda Hermanna Siliakus, Den-Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Eelke Houkes, Medemblik († 2009)
• Cornelis Johannes Nicolaas Krabbendam, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1926)
• Alix Marie de Contades-Gizeux, Allonnes, Sarthe, France († 2010)
• Doris Elaine Voskuil († 2004)
• Antonetta Vestjens, Kessel († 1926)
• Cornelis Henricus Brants, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 2001)
• Colby Smith Wetmore ****, Bloomfield, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada († 1998)
• Burks Frank Wylie [Pwww] +Fg, Fate, Rockwall County, Texas († 2005)

• Maljers, Utrecht,, Netherlands
• Aaltjen Wannink (72), Diepenheim
• Adriana Elizabeth den Oudsten (53), Lekkerkerk
• Annetje Weeda (41), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ahimaz Clevenger (68)
• Aaltje Geerdink (23), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham Rijsdijk (55), Rotterdam, Nederland
• van Loenhout, Rotterdam
• Angenieta Ligtvoet (84), Leiden
• Andreas Joseph Mols (2), Helden

• 1924 » Eddie Romero, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1924 » Karim Olowu, Nigerian sprinter and long jumper († 2019)
• 1924 » Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist († 1977)
• 1924 » Natalia Bekhtereva, Russian neuroscientist and psychologist († 2008)
• 1925 » Wally Phillips, American radio host († 2008)
• 1926 » Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi, Urdu poet († 2020)
• 1926 » Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician († 2019)
• 1927 » Alan J. Dixon, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State († 2014)
• 1927 » Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2011)
• 1927 » Doc Severinsen, American trumpet player and conductor

• 1901 » Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
• 1913 » Edward Burd Grubb Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (b. 1841)
• 1922 » Cathal Brugha, Irish revolutionary and politician, active in the Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence; first Ceann Comhairle and first President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1874)
• 1925 » Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Alexander Grin, Russian author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian and educator (b. 1844)
• 1939 » Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (b. 1847)
• 1950 » Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1923)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
• March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
• March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
• August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
• December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

The temperature on July 7, 1926 was between 9.8 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.